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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-12-01


    • Mine florence ore in month - drainage at strike scene on lake level tunnel expected then by president

    • 1928

    • Mine florence ore in month - drainage at strike scene on lake level tunnel expected then by president - "Ore was encountered on the lake level tunnel of teh Kootenay Florence mine about 10 days ago, when the lime formation was reached," says a...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-12-01
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-07-03


    • Coulee dam railroad tunnel presented real problem to construction crews

    • 1935

    • Coulee dam railroad tunnel presented real problem to construction crews. - It isn't a long railroad tunnel, but its construction was "plenty tough," because of the solid granite mountain through which the hole was driven. In the immediate...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-07-03
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. General. 1935-12-03


    • Tunnel diggers near surface

    • 1935

    • Tunnel diggers near surface. - Government employes to meet; administration city is one company job. - Only 90 feet of tunnel needs to be bored in the granite rock before the drainage tunnel will reach the top in the ravine behind the dam site...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. General. 1935-12-03
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1929-06-20


    • Tunnel cave nearly fatal - miners buried by slide rock - work three hours to reach men

    • 1929

    • Tunnel cave nearly fatal - miners buried by slide rock - work three hours to reach men - A tunnel cave at the Last Chance mine at Wardner in the Coeur d'Alenes nearly proved fatal yesterday to William Greenough, who was badly crushed, and to his...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1929-06-20
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1919-02-25


    • Syndicate puts tunnel shift on - contract let for fifty feet of work at crucial turn of workings

    • 1919

    • Syndicate puts tunnel shift on - contract let for fifty feet of work at crucial turn of workings - A contract for 50 feet in the lower tunnel was let last week by the Syndicate Mining and Exploration company, operating a property near the mouth of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1919-02-25
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1920-11-29


    • Run crosscut from tunnel in North Star mine

    • 1920

    • Run crosscut from tunnel in North Star mine - S. A. Offerson has taken a contract to drive a crosscut from the main tunnel on the North Star Mining & Development company in the Coeur d'Alenes. The crosscut will run to the vein, a distance estimated...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1920-11-29
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1927-05-29


    • Drives for Galena crop - Sterling lets another contract for tunnel work

    • 1927

    • Drives for Galena crop - Sterling lets another contract for tunnel work - A contract for 100 feet of tunnel to the 1500-foot point, has been let by the Sterling Silver Mountain Mining company, whose property adjoins the Sunshine, according to a...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1927-05-29
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1937-07-25


    • Herbert Gold crew vigorous

    • 1937

    • Herbert Gold crew vigorous.
      Development by the Herbert Gold Mines, Inc., started a month ago today, according to Samuel B. Holbert, mining engineer, who is identified with the company and the development. The president, Dr. J.W. Doughty of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1937-07-25
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1924-06-24


    • Tamarack drift in rich shoot - blind on deep level vein reported to contain body of almost solid lead - tunnel work stopped - resumption expected on installation of larger compressor

    • 1924

    • Tamarack drift in rich shoot - blind on deep level vein reported to contain body of almost solid lead - tunnel work stopped - resumption expected on installation of larger compressor - The Tamarack & Custer Consolidated Mining company has suspended...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1924-06-24
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-10-28


    • Tunnel will carry sand and gravel to mixers

    • 1935

    • Tunnel will carry sand and gravel to mixers. - This is a view in the tunnel through which washed dried and classified sand and gravel will move on a conveyor belt and a half from the aggregate cleaning and grading plant to the concrete mixers on...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-10-28
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. General. 1935-12-11


    • Grouting tunnel nearly done.

    • 1935

    • Grouting tunnel nearly done. - Only about 150 feet of tunnel remain in the grouting shaft being driven in the west abutment, engineers said today. About 650 feet have been completed. Drillers have set a fast pace, averaging better than 10 feet a...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. General. 1935-12-11
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. General. 1935-12-15


    • Proposes 30-mile tunnel to carry water from Grand Coulee dam to dry falls

    • 1935

    • Proposes 30-mile tunnel to carry water from Grand Coulee dam to dry falls. - A plan for a 30-mile water tunnel from Grand Coulee dam site to the foot of Dry falls in Grand coulee, to make water available for irrigation of Columbia basin lands by...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. General. 1935-12-15
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Railhighway. 1935-03-11


    • Construct railroad tunnel at dam site

    • 1935

    • Construct railroad tunnel at dam site. - Officials discredit rumors of men killed on construction job. - Work is again moving forward on the railroad tunnel after being shut down for a time to provide more men to work on the cofferdam in the rush...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Railhighway. 1935-03-11

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